In the words of Beyoncé, “Girls control the world.” We have witnessed female celebrities dominate the charts and become well-known for decades over the years. I mean, who doesn’t know Madonna? And without Rihanna, what is “music”?Olivia Wilde the Popular “French-girl” Flaunted her Brand New Bag, Check It Out Here.
1. Madonna
- Sales: 300 million
- No.1 Singles (Billboard): Who’s That Girl, Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, Crazy For You, Live to Tell, Papa Don’t Preach, Open Your Heart, Justify My Love, This Used To Be My Playground, Take a Bow, etc.
- Best-Selling Album: The Immaculate Collection
It comes as no surprise that the long-standing “Queen of Pop” is also the best-selling female artist of all-time. Since her first appearance in the music scene in 1982, Madonna has remained current by reinventing herself and her craft and has sold over 300 million records worldwide.
Records’ Success
While Madge’s self-titled first album only reached number eight on the Billboard 200, her follow-up albums went on to shine even brighter. Like a Virgin was declared diamond, while True Blue scored number-one in a then record-breaking 28 nations.
Madonna’s fourth album, Like a Prayer also reached the top spot, making her the only female artist in the 1980s with the most Billboard 200 number-one albums. The Immaculate Collection then became her second diamond-certified album and still remains the best-selling compilation album.
Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madge’s ninth album, debuted at the top of the charts in 40 different nations, solidifying her position as the finest female musician of the 2000s.
Singles Success
Madonna shares the distinction of being the female artist with the most US number-one singles in the 1980s with Whitney Houston thanks to her 12 number-one singles, including Like a Prayer.
Hung Up was her best-charting single globally and earned a position in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records for topping the charts in 41 nations.
Madonna outdid Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top 10 singles after 4 Minutes became her 37th Hot 100 top-ten in 2008.
2. Rihanna
- Sales: 250 million
- No. 1 singles: SOS, Umbrella, Take a Bow, Rude Boy, Only Girl, What’s My Name, S&M, We Found Love, Diamonds.
- Best-selling album is the Good Girl Gone Bad.
Since releasing her first single, Pon de Replay, in 2006, Rihanna has produced hit after hit, making her a pop icon. With nine hit albums under her belt, Rihanna swiftly became the second best-selling female artist of all-time, selling over 250 million copies worldwide.
Records’ Success
The RIAA has awarded all nine of Rihanna’s albums platinum and multi-platinum status, and they have collectively sold more than 10 million copies just in the US. Her number one albums are Unapologetic and Anti, both certified three-times platinum.
Success in Singles
Overall, Rihanna has released 75 singles, 14 of which (including as featured artists) peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and 31 of which rose to the top ten. She is the only artist to have number-one singles on the Hot 100 chart from seven straight albums.
In the Hot 100, Umbrella reached number one in 15 countries and held that position for seven weeks straight, while Rude Boy saw a similar level of success by remaining at the top for five weeks straight.
Rihanna has had multiple international number-ones including We Found Love which achieved the top position in 29 countries and lasted in the Hot 100 for 10 staggering weeks.
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3. Mariah Carey
- Sales: 220 million
- Billboard’s No. 1 singles include Touch My Body Best, Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Someday, I Don’t Want Cry, Dreamlover, Hero, All I Want for Christmas is You, Fantasy, One Sweet Day, Always Be My Baby, Honey, My All, Heartbreaker, Thank God I Found You, We Belong Together, and Fantasy.
- Selling Album: Music Box
With a five-octave vocal range and a dolphin-like whistle register, Mariah has been in a league of her own since rising to fame in 1990 and releasing her debut album Mariah Carey.
Records’ Success
Mariah is the highest-certified female artist in the US, with 69.5 million certified album units. Mariah Carey became the first artist in history to have their first five singles, from Vision of Love to Emotions, reach number one on the Hot 100 after receiving a nine-times platinum certification.
Following the release of her biggest-selling single, All I Want for Christmas, which has since made her the “Queen of Christmas,” the diva went on to release an additional 15 albums, including holiday albums. With more than 28 million copies sold, Music Box, one of the all-time best-selling albums, and Daydream are among Mariah’s two albums that have received diamond certification in the US.
Success in Singles
The diva has lavishly released 86 singles in total. With 19 number one hits, Mariah officially holds the record for the most chart-topping singles by a solo artist, a female songwriter, and a female producer.
Mariah has also shattered the record for any superstar in American history after spending a cumulative record of 87 weeks at number one. We Belong Together, My Everything, and Fantasy are some of her most popular tracks.
4. Taylor Swift
- Sales: 200 million
- No.1 Singles (Billboard): We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Look What You Made Me Do, Bad Blood, Blank Space, Shake It Off, etc.
- Best-Selling Album: Fearless Cardigan, Willow, All Too Well (Taylor’s Version), and Anti-Hero.
Popular singer-songwriter Taylor Swift rose to fame in 2006 as the innocent country singer and American girl-next-door. She quickly attracted attention after giving her songs a pop twist, which would later experience an even bigger shift into mainstream music.
Records’ Success
The longest-charting album of the 2000s was Taylor’s first, which ran 157 weeks on the Billboard 200. Taylor’s second album, Fearless, was given a diamond certification and became the first of her nine following albums to consistently peak at number one in the American charts.
Taylor is the only artist to have the best-selling album of a year five times, with over 37 million records sold in the US overall (Fearless in 2009, 1989 in 2014, Reputation in 2017, Lover in 2019, and Folklore and Evermore in 2020).
Her most recent album, Midnights, set a new Spotify record for the most streams in a single day for an album. Midnights sold nearly 800,000 copies on its first day of sale in the United States, making it the best-selling album of 2022 at that time. It also made Taylor the first artist to spend a full year at number one on the Billboard Artist 100.
Success in Singles
Taylor Swift holds the record for the most chart entries by a female artist in the US with 188 on the Hot 100, including nine number one songs and 40 top tens.
While every song from Lover and Folklore appeared on the Hot 100 in the same week, breaking the previous record for the most concurrent entries on the list by a female artist, Shake It Off is Taylor’s official biggest single in America and is certified diamond. 10 tracks from her album Midnights filled the Top 100’s entire top 10 upon its debut, becoming the first ever album to accomplish so.
5. Beyoncé
- revenue of 200 million
- Crazy in Love, Baby Boy, Check on It, Irreplaceable, Single Women, Perfect Duet, and Break My Soul are the Billboard No. 1 singles.
- Best-Selling Album: Dangerously in Love
As a member of Destiny’s Child, one of the most successful female groups of all time, Queen Bey gained notoriety in the late 1990s. During the band’s sabbatical in 2002, she tested the waters on a solo career when she acted in and recorded a song for the hit-movie Austin Powers in Goldmember.
Records’ Success
With the huge success of the film, Beyoncé started her solo career and issued her debut album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003. The celebrity has since recorded six more albums as well as a collaborative project with her husband, Jay-Z. The Beyonce album sold the most copies on iTunes in the shortest amount of time, and all 12 of Lemonade’s songs reached the US Hot 100 chart (breaking a record previously held by Taylor Swift).
Renaissance, the album she released in 2022, debuted at number one as well, making Beyoncé the only artist in history to have seven straight US number one albums.
Success in Singles
Beyoncé has approximately 171 million certified solo sales in the US alone, according to the RIAA (including features).
Crazy in Love, Check on It, Irreplaceable, Single Women, and Break My Soul are just a few of her seven number-one hits. She has sold more than 200 million albums overall across the world (plus an additional 60 million with Destiny’s Child).Watch Some Amazing Bromance K-Drama On This Weekend, Read Full News To Know The Top 5 Listed Dramas Here.
